What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have to do with bananas?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has prompted the United States, the European Union, and other nations to leverage sanctions against Russian...
Why our Sun didn’t have sunspots for 70 years
The number of sunspots on our Sun typically ebbs and flows in a predictable 11-year cycle, but one unusual 70-year period when sunspots were...
A month into the invasion of Ukraine, is the Russian army becoming demoralized
As the war in Ukraine approaches one month since Russia, without provocation, launched its invasion, U.S. intelligence estimates suggest that there have been more...
Scientists find a new form of ice
Scientists have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of water at high pressures.
Solid water, or ice, is like many other materials...
Unlike other refugees, Ukrainians are being met with open arms in Europe. Is it...
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has created a refugee crisis the likes of which hasn’t been seen in decades.
More than 2.5 million...
These hot springs reveal where continental plates collide beneath Tibet
In the classic example of mountain-building, the Indian and Asian continental plates crashed – and continue colliding today – to form the world’s largest...
U.S. fires four times larger, three times more frequent since 2000
Fires have gotten larger, more frequent and more widespread across the United States since 2000, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder-led paper.
Recent...
What’s Russia’s nuclear option
Ukraine has staunched the Russian invasion of its borders for two weeks now, holding off an army hellbent on occupying its cities even as...
How early Earth got the oxygen?
For the first 2 billion years of Earth’s history, there was barely any oxygen in the air.
While some microbes were photosynthesizing by the latter...
Scientists turn to Neandertals, an extinct human relative, for the answer of lower back...
Examining the spines of Neandertals, an extinct human relative, may explain back-related ailments experienced by humans today, a team of anthropologists has concluded in...